Antipov scored the first five points of his team, but Spain had a man on fire as well as Sastre was on fire and scored seven points for a 9-5 Spanish lead.

Mirotic joined the storm and also reached seven points to bring Spain to a 14-5 lead after only four minutes.

Sastre picked up his second foul but saw Mirotic dominate with six more points and two assists to reach a total of 13 points in less than eight minutes and in the most accurate way make the difference as Spain led 24-11.

Mirotic went to the bench to rest but Spain didn't stop yet.

Jose Pozas with a big lay-up pushed the gap to 14, but Denis Pastukhov ignited the Russian reply with the last bucket of the first quarter and right after the teams returned to the court Russia completed seven points in a row in a minute to force a time out by Spain.

Spain lost their rhythm as Russia Tumanov scored from the arc and Pastukhov added one of his own for a 33-28 score after 13 minutes.

The Russian shoot-out continued and when Barinov's led the way to a one point game, 34-33.

Barinov added a big dunk to keep Russia close but it was Dmitry Korshakov that tied the score at 37-37 with only three minutes in the first half, yet enough to complete the comeback and start a new game.

Sastre hustled and with a fast-break lay-up and the bonus from the foul line put Spain back on top and together with a Mirotic tip-in and a huge slap by Josep Franch with the buzzer Spain held a 44-39 advantage at the first half break.

It took almost two minutes for the first field goal of the second half, but the pace didn't change as Barinov with big plays under the rim kept Russia close.

An aggressive defense by Spain managed to keep their opponent scoreless for a couple of minutes and Mirotic used it to lead his team back to a double-digit gap, 58-46 and only three minutes to play in the third period.

Mirotic reached 30 as Spain climbed to 60 points still with more than 11 minutes to play, before the teams entered the last quarter with a 62-48 on the scoreboard.

The top scorer didn't rest and stayed active on both ends of the floor, taking Spain to a 15-point difference inside the closing quarter.

Russia tried to come back to the game with points from the arc, but missed three times in a row and Mirotic punished with a lucky shot that created an 18-point gap, 73-55 inside the last five minutes.

A three-pointer by Sastre set the gap on 21 points and cleared any possible fears amongst the local fans.